Sliding on wet roads? |
Sliding on wet roads? |
Apr 23, 2004 - 8:58 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 9, '03 From Dayton, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
Whats the deal with these cars steering? Its like when you go around a corner on a wet road and the wheel is turned to a certain point the car wants to slide. Its also very hard to feel the road with these things, the steering is pretty tight but its hard too and you cant feel when your tires are starting to break loose. When my g/f got her GT she almost crashed it getting off the highway when the roads were wet. She just turned the wheel alittle and the thing started sliding and the rear end broke loose also. You cant feel the road at all with this car, i even have 17's with low pro performance tires and you still cant feel crap. Anyone else find this out about yours? It does handle really well but the steering is alittle funky...what do you think?
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Apr 23, 2004 - 10:00 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 9, '03 From Dayton, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
First of all..Both I and her have 6G celica's. I have also owned MANY other cars and driven tons also. She has new Michelin Energy MXV4 Plus tires (They run over 100$ per tire for 15's!!) They are excellent tires. I have Kelly HPT Charger Performance tires on mine and they have less wet traction than hers but thats besides the point..Its not the tires on the car, its the steering. If you think you can feel the road perfect in these cars then you have never driven a real sports car. You cant feel crap with these things. I have drive about 10 of these celicas and they have all felt the same during cornering. On dry roads you dont have much of a problem but as soon as it gets wet and you turn the wheel alittle too much there goes your front tires. Never had this problem with any other car ive had or driven.
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